Visual Arts
Peter Pelchat
Dark cloud, red cloud

This is about the sudden bombardment of technology on the crees during the 1970s and 80s. The construction of the Hydro Quebec dams brought a road that leads south. This brought to our people technology that we were not ready for. Because of technology, such as automobiles, snowmobiles, stereo sound systems, computers and other such things, we have lost our traditional ways of life. The video game controller over the head of the famous indian leader Red Cloud acts as a dark cloud placing him in the shadows of life. We are at the mercy of technology. The radio telescope depicted on our left is a symbol of the search of a new identity.
Dark cloud, red cloud
Peter Pelchat, 2006
Watercolour and acrylic on illustration board, 15 x 20"
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